Re: Developing replacement for AT

Given the cost of building anything decent of this nature will end up
costing more than $100 if not double or triple.=20

I wonder how many people would be willing to pay Turtle Beach for a real
upgrade. I would pay $100. I don't know if it's worth it for them to
apply resources to the AT just for upgrades and if those resources are
still around or have been laid off already.=20

In my dreams it would be nice to release the source, even with out the
M$oft proprietary CE modules. - hey it's just a dream.

Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: Turtle Beach Audiotron User Forum
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Henry Turner
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 12:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AT] Developing replacement for AT

you realize, that when Seth comes to work on Monday, he will put an end
to
this discussion.
How about setting up a yahoo group or something that we can follow your
progress and discuss the development issues.
Hank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Richards" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Developing replacement for AT


> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> Digital outs (optical is a must, coax would be a nice plus)
>
> Absolutely. I have one of my ATs plugged into an Arcam Black Box 50,
the
> other into a Yamaha DSP-AX620. We're planning on putting both types of
> output on to keep the audiophiles happy... co-ax sounds slightly
better
> (I can understand why, the conversion to optical and back to
electrical
> introduces jitter). I've actually tested this from a DVD player with
> both optical and co-ax outputs, and the co-ax does indeed sound a
little
> better. Not much in it though, more important would be the
practicality
> of having two digital outputs.
>
>> RJ-45 Net connector
>
> That goes without saying, 100Mbit full-duplex.
>
>> Same audio style case dimensions (and druthers on the color is black)
>
> Again, that's part of the design spec.
>
>> VFD type of display (I think that is the name)
>
> Yeah, the cold cathode fluorescent type as featured on most consumer
> electronics... that's the ultimate aim as it does look better.
> Prototypes will probably have an LCD display, but we're aiming to
> replace that with VFD in the finished product.
>
>> Please break the 32K song limit.
>
> That's down to RAM limitations on the AT I believe. We'll have to see
> how much RAM is left to play with, and whether there's an option to
add
> more. For most people the limit isn't a problem, so as long as there's
a
> RAM upgrade option for those who do then all's well.
>
>> Ability to use an external TOC generator.
>
> Of course - without using a TOC file my AT takes about 10 minutes to
> scan for tracks, with a TOC file it loads in under 30 seconds. Enough
> said.
>
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